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research article

Codling moth control sprays: New insecticides tested in field investigations in southern California for effectiveness against several pests of walnuts

authors

J. C. Ortega, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 9(5):6-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v009n05p6. May 1955.

author affiliations

J. C. Ortega is Associate Specialist in Entomology, University of California, Riverside.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Improper timing—or complete omission—of DDT treatment was the major contributing factor to the relatively high infestations of codling moth in walnuts in some areas of southern California during the 1954 season.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1419.